<![CDATA[Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do About It]]>

false <![CDATA[Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do About It]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170800235m/72153.jpg 72153 1 Half a century after brave Americans took to the streets to raise the bar of opportunity for all races, Juan Williams writes that too many black Americans are in crisis—caught in a twisted hip-hop culture, dropping out of school, ending up in jail, having babies when they are not ready to be parents, and falling to the bottom in twenty-first-century global economic competition. In Enough, Juan Williams issues a lucid, impassioned clarion call to do the right thing now, before we travel so far off the glorious path set by generations of civil rights heroes that there can be no more reaching back to offer a hand and rescue those being left behind. Inspired by Bill Cosby’s now famous speech at the NAACP gala celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Brown decision integrating schools, Williams makes the case that while there is still racism, it is way past time for black Americans to open their eyes to the “culture of failure” that exists within their community. He raises the banner of proud black traditional values—self-help, strong families, and belief in God—that sustained black people through generations of oppression and flowered in the exhilarating promise of the modern civil rights movement. Williams asks what happened to keeping our eyes on the prize by proving the case for equality with black excellence and achievement. He takes particular aim at prominent black leaders—from Al Sharpton to Jesse Jackson to Marion Barry. Williams exposes the call for reparations as an act of futility, a detour into self-pity; he condemns the “Stop Snitching” campaign as nothing more than a surrender to criminals; and he decries the glorification of materialism, misogyny, and murder as a corruption of a rich black culture, a tragic turn into pornographic excess that is hurting young black minds, especially among the poor. Reinforcing his incisive observations with solid research and alarming statistical data, Williams offers a concrete plan for overcoming the obstacles that now stand in the way of African Americans’ full participation in the nation’s freedom and prosperity. Certain to be widely discussed and vehemently debated, Enough is a bold, perceptive, solution-based look at African American life, culture, and politics today. 69852 1 8 2006 Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do About It total:66|5:16|4:24|3:23|2:2|1:1| 66 250 105 21 4 2 false false Tue Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 07:29:10 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 14:01:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 14:19:10 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 14:19:10 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 15:23:52 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 12:08:03 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 14:20:59 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 15:55:04 -0700 2007 call to arms in support of Bill Cosby and his education/strong family/personal responsibility argument.more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Apr 23 07:50:41 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 07:54:03 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 11 22:04:32 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 22:09:04 -0700 2008 man, I hope someday this gets fixed.. It makes me wonder, however, if there are ways t...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 12:39:05 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 12:41:26 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 09:05:45 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 09:13:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 22 19:02:47 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 19:05:51 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Mar 09 15:17:28 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 13 07:52:11 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 09 15:17:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 10 09:47:18 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 10 09:55:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 12 14:08:08 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 06 12:54:57 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 17:16:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Oct 15 10:11:50 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 10:19:18 -0700 2007
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